MCQ on Jahangir

Question 1. Who of the following was sent first by East India Company in the court of Jahangir? 

(A) Jobchornok

(B) Hawkins

(C) Vasco-de-Gama

(D) Sir Thomas Roe

Question 2. Who among the following is the envoy of British King James-I was sent to Jahangir’s court?

(A) Edward Terry

(B) Pitra Della Villa

(C) William Finch

(D) William Hawkins

Question 3. Who introduced ‘Do-aspa and Sihaspa’ system? 

(A) Aurangzeb

(B) Shah Jahan

(C) Jahangir

(D) Akbar

Question 4. In whose reign was the ‘Treaty of Chittor’ signed between Mughal and the Rana of Mewar?

(A) Aurangzeb

(B) Shah Jahan

(C) Jahangir

(D) Akbar

Question 5. Mughal Emperor Jahangir gave the title ‘English-Khan’ to .

(A) Henry the Navigator

(B) William Hawkins

(C) Francisco Almeida

(D) Albuquerque

Question 6. Sir Thomas Roe came to India as a British Ambassador during the reign of .

(A) Shah Jahan

(B) Jahangir

(C) Aurangzeb

(D) Akbar

Question 7. Sir Thomas Roe, an Ambassador of James I of England came to India in year_________.

(A) 1614

(B) 1516

(C) 1615

(D) 1616

Question 8. Thomas Roe was received in audience by Jahangir at .

(A) Fatehpur Sikri

(B) Delhi

(C) Ajmer

(D) Agra

Question 9. Which British ambassador came behind Jahangir from Ajmer to Mandu?

(A) Clyde

(B) Lord Ester

(C) Sir Thomas Roe

(D) Clive

Question 10. A Dutch traveller, who has given a very valuable account of the reign of Jahangir was .

(A) Peter Mundy

(B) Niccolao Manucci

(C) Hawkins

(D) Francisco Pelsaert

Question 11. Who among the following foreign travellers visited India during the reign of Jahangir?

(A) Francois Bernier

(B) Niccolo Manucci

(C) Francisco Pelsaert

(D) Father Anthony Monserate

Question 12. Which Mughal emperor has no mausoleum in India?

(A) Babur

(B) Humayun

(C) Akbar

(D) Aurangzeb

Question 13. Where was Emperor Jahangir buried?

(A) Srinagar

(B) Lahore

(C) Delhi

(D) Agra

Question 14. Among the following whose tomb is situated outside India?

(A) Jahangir

(B) Jahandar Shah

(C) Aurangzeb

(D) Humayun

Question 15. Mughal painting reached its zenith under .

(A) Shah Jahan

(B) Jahangir

(C) Akbar

(D) Humayun

Question 16. Who among the following painters was given the title of ‘Nadir-ulZaman’ by Jahangir?

(A) Agha Raza

(B) Bishandas

(C) Farrukh Beg

(D) Abul Hassan

Question 17. Who one of the following painters of Jahangir’s reign was conferred the title of ‘Nadir-ul-Asra’?

(A) Mansoor

(B) Manohar

(C) Bishandas

(D) Daulat

Question 18. The greatest painter of birds at Jahangir’s Court was .

(A) Mansoor

(B) Basawan

(C) Sayyid Ali Tabrizi

(D) Khwaja Abdus Samad

Question 19. Which of the following Mughal Emperor wrote his autobiography in Persian?

(A) Aurangzeb

(B) Jahangir

(C) Akbar

(D) Babur

Question 20. The killer of Abul Fazl was rewarded by

(A) Akbar

(B) Man Singh

(C) Jahangir

(D) None of these

Question 21. Khusrau was the son of which Mughal emperor?

(A) Bahadur Shah I

(B) Shah Jahan

(C) Jahangir

(D) Akbar

Question 22. Who of the following was not a member of Noorjahan’s Junta?

(A) Khurram

(B) Asaf Khan

(C) Ghiyas Beg

(D) Jahangir

Question 23. Itmad-ud-Daula’s tomb at Agra was built by .

(A) Shah Jahan

(B) Nur Jahan

(C) Jahangir

(D) Akbar

Question 24. Govind Palace, an excellent specimen of Hindu architecture is located at_________.

(A) Gwalior

(B) Orchha

(C) Khajuraho

(D) Datia

Question 25. Which one of the following is not correctly matched?

(A) Tomb of Shaikh Nizamuddin Auliya – Ajmer

(B) Tomb of Shaikh Salim Chishti – Fatehpur Sikri

(C) Jahangir’s Tomb – Shahdara

(D) Akbar’s Tomb – Sikandara

Question 26. Consider the following statements about the Mughal mansabdari system.

1.  ‘Zat’ and ‘Savar’ ranks were granted.
2.  The mansabdars were hereditary officers.
3.  There were three categories of mansabdars.
4.  They were paid salaries by the Diwan’s office.

Select the correct answer from the code given below.

(A)  1, 2, 3 and 4

(B) 1 and 3

(C) 1, 2 and 3

(D) None of the above

Question 27. Match List-I with List-II and select the correct answer by using the code given below the list.

Question 28. Of the following who had rebelled against the Mughal Emperor Jahangir? 

1.  Asif Khan
2.  Khurram
3.  Mahabat Khan
4.  Khusrau

(A) Only 2, 3 and 4

(B) Only 2 and 4

(C) Only 2 and 3

(D) Only 1 and 2